KERINS O'Rahillys booked their place in the last eight of the Kerry SFC with a merited victory over their Dingle hosts at Pairc an Ághasaigh (2-13 to 3-9).

Kerry SFC Rd 2B - Kerins O’Rahillys 3-11 Feale Rangers 1-11: Hard to know which of their opening two games in this year’s Kerry SFC Kerins O’Rahillys should use as a reference point going forward to Round 3.

St Kieran’s 1-17 Feale Rangers 1-15: A double substitution midway through the second half turned this game in favour of St Kieran’s in Cordal yesterday.

Legion 2-10 Feale Rangers 1-11: Two second-half goals helped a below-par Legion beat Feale Rangers and advance to the last eight of the Kerry senior football championship at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

On the recommendation of County Board chairman Patrick O’Sullivan, delegates at last evening’s Kerry County Board meeting ratified Peter Keane to succeed Jack O’Connor as the county’s new Minor football manager for a two-year term.

Feale Rangers 3-9 Ardfert 1-11:

All-Ireland-winning senior and minor manager, Jack O’Connor, is set to be ratified as Kerry’s new U21 football boss tonight, by County Board delegates.

West Kerry Board chairman Muiris Ó Fiannachta has accused Kerry GAA decision-makers of lacking common sense in their handling of the county’s senior football championship round 2 fixtures.

St Kieran’s 2-10 Feale Rangers 0-8: St Kieran’s blew pitiful Feale Rangers aside in this one-sided Kerry Senior Football Championship tie in Cordal on Saturday night.

Dr Crokes and Austin Stacks join Rathmore in the Kerry Senior Club Championship semi-finals after wins over Killarney Legion and Ardfert respectively.

Next week in New York the county board’s centenary celebrations will end on a high note with the launch of the extensively researched Fergus Hanna 100-year history of the GAA in New York, writes John Riordan.

You have to reach back almost 40 years for Shannon Rangers football fairytales. The division — so far into north Kerry that Clare is closer than Tralee and Limerick is as close as Listowel — have more stories about carping than cups.

Dr Crokes enjoyed a facile victory over a decimated Kerins O’Rahilly’s side, 4-19 to 0-8, on Saturday to leapfrog them and reach top spot in the Division 1 table.

Kieran Donaghy will see a shoulder specialist tomorrow before a decision is taken on his latest injury setback.

Kilcummin 0-13 Finuge 0-08

Austin Stacks 3-12 Feale Rangers 0-3

All fixtures are tomorrow unless stated

Feale Rangers 1-13 Dingle 0-13

Feale Rangers 0-19 Mid Kerry 1-15 (aet)

There are now only a handful of counties in which the captaincy of the senior teams is decided by the county champions, the most high-profile of which are Kilkenny and Kerry.

Kerry minor hurling manager Seanie O’Shea has stepped down from his post midway through his two-year term.

Dr Crokes will be warm favourites in tomorrow’s Kerry SFC final, but you’ll need to look west for romance.

Dingle 4-05 St Kieran’s 0-14

Dingle 2-12 Feale Rangers 1-13

Kerry GAA chiefs have postponed their senior hurling decider by a week to avoid a clash with the All-Ireland SHC final replay between Galway and Kilkenny.

The draws in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior and minor hurling finals will impact on championship fixtures in many counties — and not just those contesting the replays.

After just one season in charge of the under-21’s, Eamonn Fitzmaurice was last night formally ratified as Kerry senior football manager for a three-year term in succession to Jack O’Connor.

Austin Stacks have been paired with South Kerry in the pick of the Kerry senior football championship third round draw.

Feale Rangers 0-13 West Kerry 0-10

THERE will be a two-man race to succeed Jerome Conway as Kerry county board chairman following a surprise late nomination for the post yesterday.

THEY have lived in the shadows for long enough, being sandwiched between bustling towns with rich football traditions in Listowel and Abbeyfeale.

KERRY SFC champions Dr Crokes have been paired with last year’s beaten finalists, Austin Stacks, in the quarter-finals of this season’s competition.

KERRY captain Colm Cooper is expected to be fit for their All-Ireland SFC quarter-final tie on the August Bank Holiday weekend despite picking up an ankle injury while on club duty with Dr Crokes last weekend.

CHAMPIONS Dr Crokes advanced the last eight of the Kerry SFC after defeating South Kerry in a bad-tempered match in Caherciveen yesterday (0-11 to 0-5) with Kingdom star Declan O’Sullivan sent off for the losers.

KERRY SFC champions Dr Crokes have been paired with South Kerry in a mouth-watering third round tie.

KERRY’s senior football championships, which kick off tonight, has been hit by a massive player drain, with up to 100 footballers set to miss this year’s championship.

With unemployment on the rise and "player drain" an increasing issue, a survey carried out by the Kerryman newspaper has shown the stark reality currently facing the county's football clubs.

EOIN BROSNAN offers a revealing insight into Dr Crokes’ Munster Club SFC final opponents, Nemo Rangers, by way of club colleague and former Kerry coach, Pat O’Shea.

Kerry’s Mike McCarthy survived a decade at the highest level in the GAA without once sharing his thoughts with the public. Until now. He sat down with Tony Leen for his first – and last – interview.

HIS inter-county career has been laden with honours, but it is glory on the domestic front that Kieran Donaghy craves most. Next Sunday is a prized opportunity as Austin Stacks are aiming to end a sixteen year Kerry SFC title drought against Dr Crokes.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor is likely to have either Colm Cooper or Kieran Donaghy as his captain next season, after their respective clubs, Dr Crokes and Austin Stacks, yesterday qualified for the county senior football final.